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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.

I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.

Tag: giftedness

  • The Rules We Make To Survive… and the Genius We Often don’t See

    I was drawn in to read more of this story, published in the Atlantic Magazine, because of the title. “Jodie Foster lonely?” I thought…”Nah…” We’re conditioned to imagine that a woman with her kind of career — decades of acclaim, mastery, and cultural presence — would be insulated from something as ordinary and human as…

    Giselle

    January 20, 2026
    Strategic Sensemaking
    culture, emotional operating system, environments, giftedness, Jodie Foster, lonliness, mastery, motivated abilities, pattern, popularity, The Atlantic Magazine, visibility
  • How to Create like an Artist and Think like an Entrepreneur

    There’s a tension that many artists carry: the belief that they must choose, between being the artist, drifting in the realm of intuition, inspiration, and muse… or the entrepreneur, anchored in metrics, markets, and making money. But that divide was manufactured. And in today’s world, it’s no longer just unhelpful – it’s unsustainable. The Starving…

    Giselle

    November 14, 2025
    đź§  Zone of Genius
    Alignment, Artist, dual identity, earning money, entrepreneur, freedom, giftedness, making money, marketing, publishing, staying hidden and invisible, Steven Pressfield, strategy, talent, underpricing, undervaluing, visibility
  • Why “doing what you love” isn’t enough

    We’ve all heard the advice: do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. It sounds inspiring. It looks good on a coffee mug. But it’s misleading — even dangerous — because it oversimplifies how we are truly designed as human beings. The truth is: love alone isn’t enough. You can…

    Giselle

    August 15, 2025
    ⚙️ Sensemaking in organizations, 🧠 Zone of Genius, Strategic Sensemaking
    Alignment, DISC, do what you love, giftedness, health, HR, impact, leadership, MCODE, mission, Motivated abilities pattern, motivation, Myers Briggs, relationships, solo professionals, Solopreneurs, StrengthsFinder, success, the big leap, truth, turnover, underperformance, upper limit problem, Zone of Genius
  • Give people permission to stray

    Those you had hoped to influence today may choose to follow a different path.

    Giselle

    May 27, 2021
    Strategic Sensemaking
    giftedness, MCODE, motivational patterns
  • Keep the beginner’s mind

    Seeing the fractures as the design… We are all probably talking more than ever before in chat groups, on social media. We are stuck at home. The coffee gatherings, the huddle at work…no more. We all need an outlet. Commenting seems to be a way to reestablish our significance. “I have something to say…” “I…

    Giselle

    May 20, 2021
    Strategic Sensemaking
    beginner's mind, business growth, career pivot, curiosity, digital communication, giftedness, humility, knowledge, Lebanon, talent, University of Balamand
  • Do You Know Your True Worth?

    This statement – Charge what you’re worth seems straightforward and simple. Except often we don’t really know what we’re worth! And why is that? You see most times we don’t consider what comes naturally to us as valuable. We dismiss our innate talents and often wrongly assume that since it is so simple or easy…

    Giselle

    December 19, 2019
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Dragonfly Thoughts, earning what you are worth, expertise, giftedness, Pain Master, Purple Marketing, Purple Messenger, self-worth, storyteller, storytelling
  • You Must First SEE Value in Yourself to Add Value to Yourself

    In the book The Answer, authors John Assaraf and Murray Smith talk about the negative messages we receive growing up: By the time you are 17 years old, you’ve heard “No you can’t” an average of 150,000 times. You’ve heard “Yes, you can,” about 5,000 times. That’s thirty no’s for every yes. That makes for…

    Giselle

    October 19, 2018
    Strategic Sensemaking
    comparison is the thief of profit, giftedness, John C. Maxwell, self-talk, The Answer, uniqueness, Zig Ziglar
  • It’s Time to Harness the Power of Your Individuality

    Back in 2014 I wrote an article where I talked about the fact that it takes more than passion to succeed. Cal Newport, Ph.D., a 30 something year-old and assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University says “Follow your passion is an appealing command because it’s both simple and daring. It tells you that…

    Giselle

    April 1, 2016
    Strategic Sensemaking
    giftedness, labels, The End of Average, Todd Rose, worth
  • Note Those Times When Your Eyes Light Up

    I can always tell when someone is passionate about an idea, a project…whatever they’re talking about. Their eyes light up. Their posture changes ever so slightly as if to straighten themselves out to deliver their truth. There is a beautiful story writing process that I use to help my clients rediscover what they are truly…

    Giselle

    August 27, 2015
    Strategic Sensemaking
    constraints, giftedness, hidden constraints, invisible constraints, stories, talent, unique operating pattern
  • Playing Chopsticks…When You Should be Playing Mozart…

    We all know the maxim: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” We tend to describe ourselves very “hammer-like”…very vanilla…not too much to us…I’m just an x or y…not much talent needed to do what I do…I work at so so so…I work in…

    Giselle

    February 26, 2015
    Strategic Sensemaking
    capability, giftedness, gifts, lack, limiting beliefs, potential, strengths, talents
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